Ghatotkacha Carries the Pandavas to Badari

Verse 1 (3.147.1)

धर्मज्ञो बलवाञ्शूरः सद्यो राक्षसपुङ्गवः । भक्तोऽस्मानौरसः पुत्रो नेतुमर्हति मातरम् ॥

dharmajño balavāñśūraḥ sadyo rākṣasapuṅgavaḥ | bhakto'smānaurasaḥ putro netumarhati mātaram

"Righteous, strong and brave, this bull among rakshasas, your own son, Bhima, is devoted to us; let him carry his mother at once."

Verse 2 (3.147.2)

तव भीम सुतेनाहं नीतो भीमपराक्रम । अक्षतः सह पाञ्चाल्या गच्छेयं गन्धमादनम् ॥

tava bhīma sutenāhaṃ nīto bhīmaparākrama | akṣataḥ saha pāñcālyā gaccheyaṃ gandhamādanam

"Carried by your son, O Bhima of fearsome valour, I can go unharmed with the Panchala princess to Gandhamadana."

Verse 3 (3.147.3)

भ्रातुर्वचनमाज्ञाय भीमसेनो घटोत्कचम् । चिन्तयामास बलवान्महाबलपराक्रमम् ॥

bhrāturvacanamājñāya bhīmaseno ghaṭotkacam | cintayāmāsa balavānmahābalaparākramam

Vaishampayana said: Understanding his brother's words, the mighty Bhimasena called to mind Ghatotkacha, a rakshasa of great strength and valour.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) that Wikisource uses to open a passage running to verse 7. Only the first line matches the critical edition (3.145.3ab); its second line there reads ādideśa naravyāghras tanayaṃ śatrukarśanam, so Wikisource's second line is a vulgate variant.

Verse 4 (3.147.4)

घटोत्कचश्च धर्मात्मा स्मृतमात्रः पितुस्तदा । कृताञ्जलिरुपातिष्ठदभिवाद्याथ पाण्डवान् । ब्राह्मणांश्च महाबाहुः स च तैरभिनन्दितः ॥

ghaṭotkacaśca dharmātmā smṛtamātraḥ pitustadā | kṛtāñjalirupātiṣṭhadabhivādyātha pāṇḍavān | brāhmaṇāṃśca mahābāhuḥ sa ca tairabhinanditaḥ

The righteous Ghatotkacha, the moment his father thought of him, appeared before him with joined palms. The mighty-armed one saluted the Pandavas and the brahmins, and they welcomed him in turn.

Note on the text: Corrected कृताञ्जलिरुषातिष्ठत् → कृताञ्जलिरुपातिष्ठत् and तैरमिनन्दितः → तैरभिनन्दितः (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads kṛtāñjalir upātiṣṭhat and tair abhinanditaḥ). The critical edition has these lines earlier, at 3.144.25c–26b, before Yudhishthira's request.

Verse 5 (3.147.5)

उवाच भीमसेनं स पितरं सत्यविक्रमः ॥

uvāca bhīmasenaṃ sa pitaraṃ satyavikramaḥ

Then he, true in his valour, spoke to his father Bhimasena.

Note on the text: A single line; with the three lines of verse 4 it matches the critical edition's 3.144.25c–26d.

Verse 6 (3.147.6)

स्मृतोऽस्मि भवता शीघ्रं शुश्रूषुरहमागतः । आज्ञापय महाबाहो सर्वं कर्ताऽस्म्यसंशयम् ॥

smṛto'smi bhavatā śīghraṃ śuśrūṣurahamāgataḥ | ājñāpaya mahābāho sarvaṃ kartā'smyasaṃśayam

"You thought of me, and I have come at once, eager to serve. Command me, mighty-armed one; I will do everything, have no doubt of it."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Ghatotkacha: the verse is his direct speech, though Wikisource prints no heading.

Verse 7 (3.147.7)

तच्छ्रुत्वा भीमसेनस्तु राक्षसं परिषस्वजे । चिन्तया समनुप्राप्तमित्युवाच वृकोदरः ॥

tacchrutvā bhīmasenastu rākṣasaṃ pariṣasvaje | cintayā samanuprāptamityuvāca vṛkodaraḥ

Hearing this, Bhimasena embraced the rakshasa, and Vrikodara spoke thus to him, who had come at a mere thought:

Note on the text: Corrected चिन्ताया समनप्राप्तम् → चिन्तया समनुप्राप्तम् (misprint in Wikisource; समनप्राप्त is not a word, and चिन्ताया cannot stand before स; read 'him who had come on being thought of') and removed a stray wiki mark (') that closes the passage opened in verse 3. The first line is the critical edition's 3.144.27ef; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 8 (3.147.8)

हैडिम्बेय परिश्रान्ता तव माताऽपराजिता । त्वं च कामगमस्तात बलवान्वह तां खग ॥

haiḍimbeya pariśrāntā tava mātā'parājitā | tvaṃ ca kāmagamastāta balavānvaha tāṃ khaga

"Son of Hidimba, your mother, never yet defeated, is worn out. You are strong, my son, and go wherever you wish; carry her, O sky-ranger."

Note on the text: Corrected त्वं कच → त्वं च (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क; the critical edition reads tvaṃ ca). Speaker set to Bhimasena: the verse is his direct speech, introduced by इत्युवाच वृकोदरः in verse 7.

Verse 9 (3.147.9)

स्कन्धमारोप्य भद्रं ते मध्येऽस्माकं विहायसा । गच्छ नीचिकया गत्या यथा चैनां न पीडयेः ॥

skandhamāropya bhadraṃ te madhye'smākaṃ vihāyasā | gaccha nīcikayā gatyā yathā caināṃ na pīḍayeḥ

"Bless you, lift her on your shoulders and go through the sky in our midst, flying low, so that you do not distress her."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Bhimasena (continuation of his speech).

Verse 10 (3.147.10)

धर्मराजं च धौम्यं च कृष्णां च यमजौ तथा । एकोऽप्यहमलं वोढुं किमुताद्य सहायवान् ॥

dharmarājaṃ ca dhaumyaṃ ca kṛṣṇāṃ ca yamajau tathā | eko'pyahamalaṃ voḍhuṃ kimutādya sahāyavān

Ghatotkacha said: "Even alone I am able to carry the King of Dharma, Dhaumya, Krishna and the twins as well; how much more today, when I have helpers!"

Note on the text: Corrected एकोप्यहम् → एकोऽप्यहम् (missing avagraha; the critical edition reads eko 'py aham).

Verse 11 (3.147.11)

अन्ये च शतशः शूरा विहङ्गाः कामरूपिणः । सर्वान्वो ब्राह्मणैः सार्धं वक्ष्यन्ति सहिताऽनघ । मन्दंमन्दं गमिष्यामि वहन्द्रुपदनन्दिनीम् ॥

anye ca śataśaḥ śūrā vihaṅgāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ | sarvānvo brāhmaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ vakṣyanti sahitā'nagha | mandaṃmandaṃ gamiṣyāmi vahandrupadanandinīm

"Hundreds of other heroes, sky-ranging and able to take any form they please, will together carry all of you along with the brahmins, sinless one. I myself will go slowly, slowly, carrying Drupada's daughter."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks ([ at the start, and the ` and ' that set off the last line). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records the first two lines in its apparatus as 3.145.6d*0684 and the third as 3.145.6d*0685.

Verse 12 (3.147.12)

एवमुक्त्वा ततः कृष्णामुवाह स घटोत्कचः । पाण्डूनां मध्यगो वीरः पाण्डवानपि चापरे ॥

evamuktvā tataḥ kṛṣṇāmuvāha sa ghaṭotkacaḥ | pāṇḍūnāṃ madhyago vīraḥ pāṇḍavānapi cāpare

Vaishampayana said: Having said this, the hero Ghatotkacha took up Krishna and carried her in the midst of the Pandavas, while the others carried the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as वैश्पायन in Wikisource (misprint); normalised to वैशम्पायन.

Verse 13 (3.147.13)

लोमशः सिद्धमार्गेण जगामानुपमद्युतिः । स्वेनैव स प्रभावेण द्वितीय इव भास्करः ॥

lomaśaḥ siddhamārgeṇa jagāmānupamadyutiḥ | svenaiva sa prabhāveṇa dvitīya iva bhāskaraḥ

Lomasha, of matchless radiance, went by the path of the Siddhas through his own power, like a second sun.

Note on the text: Corrected द्वीतीय → द्वितीय (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads dvitīya).

Verse 14 (3.147.14)

ब्राह्मणांश्चापि तान्सर्वान्समुपादाय राक्षसाः । नियोगाद्राक्षसेन्द्रस्य जग्मुर्भीमपराक्रमाः ॥

brāhmaṇāṃścāpi tānsarvānsamupādāya rākṣasāḥ | niyogādrākṣasendrasya jagmurbhīmaparākramāḥ

At the command of the rakshasa lord, the rakshasas of fearsome valour took up all those brahmins too and went on.

Note on the text: Corrected राक्षसेनद्रस्य → राक्षसेन्द्रस्य (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition reads rākṣasendrasya).

Verse 15 (3.147.15)

एवं सुरमणीयानि वनान्युपवनानि च । आलोकयन्तस्ते जग्मुर्विशालां बदरीमनु ॥

evaṃ suramaṇīyāni vanānyupavanāni ca | ālokayantaste jagmurviśālāṃ badarīmanu

So, gazing on lovely forests and groves, they travelled towards the broad Badari.

Verse 16 (3.147.16)

ते त्वाशुगतिभिर्वीरा राक्षसैस्तैर्महाजवैः । उह्यमाना ययुः शीघ्रं महदध्वानमल्पवत् ॥

te tvāśugatibhirvīrā rākṣasaistairmahājavaiḥ | uhyamānā yayuḥ śīghraṃ mahadadhvānamalpavat

Borne by those swift and fleet-footed rakshasas, the heroes covered the long road quickly, as if it were short.

Verse 17 (3.147.17)

देशान्म्लेच्छजनाकीर्णान्नानारत्नाकरायुतान् । ददृशुर्गिरिपादांश्च नानाधातुसमाचितान् ॥

deśānmlecchajanākīrṇānnānāratnākarāyutān | dadṛśurgiripādāṃśca nānādhātusamācitān

They saw lands thronged with mleccha peoples and rich in mines of many kinds of gems, and the foothills of mountains layered with many minerals,

Verse 18 (3.147.18)

विद्याधरसमाकीर्णान्युतान्वानरकिन्नरैः । तथा किंपुरुषैश्चैव गन्धर्वैश्च समन्ततः ॥

vidyādharasamākīrṇānyutānvānarakinnaraiḥ | tathā kiṃpuruṣaiścaiva gandharvaiśca samantataḥ

crowded with Vidyadharas, peopled by monkeys and Kinnaras, and by Kimpurushas and Gandharvas on every side,

Note on the text: Corrected विद्याघरमाकीर्णआन् → विद्याधरसमाकीर्णान् (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध, a dropped स and a stray vowel sign; the critical edition reads vidyādharagaṇākīrṇān, but Wikisource's माकीर्ण points to समाकीर्णान्) and restored a missing word space (गन्धर्वैश्चसमन्ततः → गन्धर्वैश्च समन्ततः).

Verse 19 (3.147.19)

मयूरैश्चमरैश्चैव हरिणै रुरुभिस्तथा । वराहैर्गवयैश्चैव महिषैश्च समावृतान् ॥

mayūraiścamaraiścaiva hariṇai rurubhistathā | varāhairgavayaiścaiva mahiṣaiśca samāvṛtān

filled with peacocks and yaks, with deer and ruru antelopes, with boars, gavayas and buffaloes,

Note on the text: Corrected मयूरैश्चभरैश्चैव → मयूरैश्चमरैश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म, 'with yaks'; the apparatus reading has camaraiś). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.145.13d*0687 (sṛmaraiś camaraiś caiva vānarai rurubhis tathā …).

Verse 20 (3.147.20)

नदीजालसमाकीर्णान्नानापक्षियुतान्बहून् । नानाविधमृगैर्जुष्टांश्चारणैश्चोपशोभितान् । समदैश्चापि विहगैः पादपैरन्वितांस्तथा ॥

nadījālasamākīrṇānnānāpakṣiyutānbahūn | nānāvidhamṛgairjuṣṭāṃścāraṇaiścopaśobhitān | samadaiścāpi vihagaiḥ pādapairanvitāṃstathā

many lands laced with networks of rivers and full of many kinds of birds, frequented by beasts of every sort and graced by Charanas, and furnished with trees and with birds in the joy of their season.

Note on the text: The third line's id on the raw page is mistyped 3-127-20c; it belongs to this verse. Corrected its garbled text समदैश्च्यशि विहगैः उपैरन्वितांस्तथा → समदैश्चापि विहगैः पादपैरन्वितांस्तथा (misprint in Wikisource; the line is a syllable short and च्यशि is not a word; restored from the critical edition's apparatus, 3.145.14d*0689, samadaiś cāpi vihagaiḥ pādapair anvitāṃs tathā). The first two lines match CE 3.145.14 with variants; the third is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 21 (3.147.21)

तेऽवतीर्य बहून्देशानुत्तरांश्च कुरूनपि । ददृशुर्विविधाश्चर्यं कैलासं पर्वतोत्तमम् ॥

te'vatīrya bahūndeśānuttarāṃśca kurūnapi | dadṛśurvividhāścaryaṃ kailāsaṃ parvatottamam

Crossing many lands and the Northern Kurus as well, they saw Kailasa, the greatest of mountains, full of many wonders.

Verse 22 (3.147.22)

तस्याभ्याशे तु ददृशुर्नरनारायणाश्रमम् । उपेतं पादपैर्दिव्यैः सदापुष्पफलोपगैः ॥

tasyābhyāśe tu dadṛśurnaranārāyaṇāśramam | upetaṃ pādapairdivyaiḥ sadāpuṣpaphalopagaiḥ

Near it they saw the hermitage of Nara and Narayana, set among heavenly trees that bear flowers and fruit in every season.

Verse 23 (3.147.23)

ददृशुस्तां च बदरीं वृत्तस्कन्धां मनोरमाम् । स्निग्धामविरलच्छायां श्रिया परमया युताम् ॥

dadṛśustāṃ ca badarīṃ vṛttaskandhāṃ manoramām | snigdhāmaviralacchāyāṃ śriyā paramayā yutām

And they saw that Badari tree, lovely, with its rounded trunk, its shade glossy and unbroken, endowed with supreme splendour,

Verse 24 (3.147.24)

पत्रैः स्निग्धैरविरलैरुपेतां मृदुभिः शुभाम् । विशालशाखां विस्तीर्णामतिद्युतिसमन्विताम् ॥

patraiḥ snigdhairaviralairupetāṃ mṛdubhiḥ śubhām | viśālaśākhāṃ vistīrṇāmatidyutisamanvitām

beautiful, thick with soft and glossy leaves, wide-spreading, with broad branches and surpassing radiance,

Verse 25 (3.147.25)

फलैरुपचितैर्दिव्यैराचितां स्वादुभिर्भृशम् । मधुस्रवैः सदा दिव्यां महर्षिगणसेविताम् । मदप्रमुदितैर्नित्यं नानाद्विजगणैर्युताम् ॥

phalairupacitairdivyairācitāṃ svādubhirbhṛśam | madhusravaiḥ sadā divyāṃ maharṣigaṇasevitām | madapramuditairnityaṃ nānādvijagaṇairyutām

heavenly, laden thick with plump, very sweet heavenly fruits that ever drip honey, served by hosts of great sages and always thronged with flocks of many kinds of birds, glad and exultant.

Verse 26 (3.147.26)

अदंशमशके देशे बहुमूलफलोदके । नीलशाद्वलसंछन्ने देवगन्धर्वसेविते ॥

adaṃśamaśake deśe bahumūlaphalodake | nīlaśādvalasaṃchanne devagandharvasevite

It grew in a place free of gnats and mosquitoes, rich in roots, fruit and water, covered with dark-green grass and frequented by gods and Gandharvas,

Verse 27 (3.147.27)

सुभूमिभागविशदे स्वभावविहिते शुभे । जातां हिममृदुस्पर्शे देशेऽपहतकण्टके ॥

subhūmibhāgaviśade svabhāvavihite śubhe | jātāṃ himamṛdusparśe deśe'pahatakaṇṭake

a fair place of clear and even ground, so formed by nature itself, cool and soft to the touch, and cleared of thorns.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वभावविदिते → स्वभावविहिते (misprint in Wikisource; the commentary printed on the same page glosses स्वभावविहिते, and the critical edition reads svabhāvavihite).

Verse 28 (3.147.28)

तामुपेत्य महात्मानः सह तैर्ब्राह्मणर्षभैः । अवतेरुस्ततः सर्वे राक्षसस्कन्धतः शनैः ॥

tāmupetya mahātmānaḥ saha tairbrāhmaṇarṣabhaiḥ | avaterustataḥ sarve rākṣasaskandhataḥ śanaiḥ

Reaching that tree, the great-souled ones, together with those bulls among brahmins, all slowly came down from the shoulders of the rakshasas.

Verse 29 (3.147.29)

ततस्तमाश्रमं पुण्यं नरनारायणाश्रितम् । ददृशुः पाण्डवा राजन्सहिता द्विजपुङ्गवैः ॥

tatastamāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ naranārāyaṇāśritam | dadṛśuḥ pāṇḍavā rājansahitā dvijapuṅgavaiḥ

Then, O king, the Pandavas, together with the foremost of the twice-born, beheld that holy hermitage where Nara and Narayana dwell,

Verse 30 (3.147.30)

तमसा रहितं पुण्यमनामृष्टं रवेः करैः । क्षुत्तृट्शीतोष्णदोषैश्च वर्जितं शोकनाशनम् ॥

tamasā rahitaṃ puṇyamanāmṛṣṭaṃ raveḥ karaiḥ | kṣuttṛṭśītoṣṇadoṣaiśca varjitaṃ śokanāśanam

holy, free of darkness, untouched by the sun's rays, free from the afflictions of hunger, thirst, cold and heat, and a dispeller of grief,

Verse 31 (3.147.31)

महर्षिगणसंबाधं ब्राह्म्या लक्ष्म्या समन्वितम् । दुष्प्रवेशं महाराज नरैर्धर्मबहिष्कृतैः ॥

maharṣigaṇasaṃbādhaṃ brāhmyā lakṣmyā samanvitam | duṣpraveśaṃ mahārāja narairdharmabahiṣkṛtaiḥ

crowded with hosts of great sages, endowed with the glory of Brahman, and hard to enter, great king, for men who have cast off dharma,

Verse 32 (3.147.32)

बलिहोमार्चितं दिव्यं सुसंमृष्टानुलेपनम् । दिव्यपुष्पोपहारैश्च सर्वतोऽभिविराजितम् ॥

balihomārcitaṃ divyaṃ susaṃmṛṣṭānulepanam | divyapuṣpopahāraiśca sarvato'bhivirājitam

heavenly, honoured with offerings and oblations, well swept and freshly smeared, and resplendent on every side with gifts of heavenly flowers,

Verse 33 (3.147.33)

विशालैरग्निशरणैः स्रुग्भाण्डैराचितं शुभैः । महद्भिस्तोयकलशैः कठिनैश्चोपशोभितम् ॥

viśālairagniśaraṇaiḥ srugbhāṇḍairācitaṃ śubhaiḥ | mahadbhistoyakalaśaiḥ kaṭhinaiścopaśobhitam

filled with spacious fire-sanctuaries and fine ladles and vessels, and adorned with large water-jars and hanging baskets,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.145.27a–d; the critical edition's third line (27ef) is the first line of the next verse here.

Verse 34 (3.147.34)

शरण्यं सर्वभूतानां ब्रह्मघोषनिनादितम् । दिव्यमाश्रयणीयं तमाश्रमं श्रमनाशनम् । श्रिया युतमनिर्देश्यं देववर्योपशोभितम् ॥

śaraṇyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ brahmaghoṣanināditam | divyamāśrayaṇīyaṃ tamāśramaṃ śramanāśanam | śriyā yutamanirdeśyaṃ devavaryopaśobhitam

a refuge for all beings, ringing with the sound of Vedic recitation: that heavenly hermitage, a place to seek shelter, which takes away all weariness, endowed with indescribable splendour and adorned by the best of the gods.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्मघोपनिनादितम् → ब्रह्मघोषनिनादितम् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads brahmaghoṣanināditam). The first line is the critical edition's 3.145.27ef; the other two lines are 3.145.28.

Verse 35 (3.147.35)

फलमूलाशनैर्दान्तैश्चारुकृष्णाजिनाम्बरैः । सूर्यवैश्वानरसमैस्तपसा भावितात्मभिः ॥

phalamūlāśanairdāntaiścārukṛṣṇājināmbaraiḥ | sūryavaiśvānarasamaistapasā bhāvitātmabhiḥ

It was attended by self-controlled men who lived on fruit and roots, wore fine black antelope skins, equalled the sun and fire in brilliance, and had purified themselves by austerity,

Verse 36 (3.147.36)

महर्षिभिर्मोक्षपरैर्यतिभिर्नियतेन्द्रियैः । ब्रह्मभूतैर्महाभागैरुपेतं ब्रह्मवादिभिः ॥

maharṣibhirmokṣaparairyatibhirniyatendriyaiḥ | brahmabhūtairmahābhāgairupetaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ

by great sages intent on liberation, by ascetics with senses restrained, by blessed ones who had become one with Brahman and who spoke of Brahman.

Verse 37 (3.147.37)

सोऽभ्यगच्छन्महातेजास्तानृषीन्नियतः शुचिः । भ्रातृभिः सहितो धीमान्धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

so'bhyagacchanmahātejāstānṛṣīnniyataḥ śuciḥ | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito dhīmāndharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

The wise Yudhishthira, son of Dharma, of great energy, restrained and pure, approached those sages together with his brothers.

Verse 38 (3.147.38)

दिव्यज्ञानोपपन्नास्ते दृष्ट्वा प्राप्तं युधिष्ठिरम् । अभ्यगच्छन्त सुप्रीता दिव्या देवमहर्षयः ॥

divyajñānopapannāste dṛṣṭvā prāptaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | abhyagacchanta suprītā divyā devamaharṣayaḥ

Seeing Yudhishthira arrive, those heavenly divine sages, endowed with heavenly knowledge, came forward to meet him with great joy.

Note on the text: The raw page ends this verse with a single danda; the closing double danda has been supplied. The critical edition (3.145.32) has a third line, āśīrvādān prayuñjānāḥ svādhyāyaniratā bhṛśam, which Wikisource lacks (its line ids show only two lines, so it is not restored); its second line ends sarva eva maharṣayaḥ.

Verse 39 (3.147.39)

प्रीतास्ते तस्य सत्कारं विधिना पावकोपमाः । उपाजह्रुश्च सलिलं पुष्पमूलफलं शुचि ॥

prītāste tasya satkāraṃ vidhinā pāvakopamāḥ | upājahruśca salilaṃ puṣpamūlaphalaṃ śuci

Pleased, those sages, like fire in their radiance, received him with honour in due form and brought him water and pure flowers, roots and fruit.

Note on the text: Corrected पावकापमाः → पावकोपमाः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads pāvakopamāḥ).

Verse 40 (3.147.40)

स तैः प्रीत्याऽथ सत्कारमुपनीतं महर्षिभिः । प्रयतः प्रतिगृह्याथ धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

sa taiḥ prītyā'tha satkāramupanītaṃ maharṣibhiḥ | prayataḥ pratigṛhyātha dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, restrained in mind, accepted the honour offered with affection by the great sages.

Verse 41 (3.147.41)

तं शक्रसदनप्रख्यं दिव्यगन्धं मनोरमम् । प्रीतः स्वर्गोपमं पुण्यं पाण्डवः सह कृष्णया ॥

taṃ śakrasadanaprakhyaṃ divyagandhaṃ manoramam | prītaḥ svargopamaṃ puṇyaṃ pāṇḍavaḥ saha kṛṣṇayā

Then into that holy hermitage, like the abode of Shakra, fragrant with heavenly scents, lovely and like heaven itself, the joyful son of Pandu, with Krishna,

Verse 42 (3.147.42)

विवेश शोभया युक्तं भ्रातृभिश्च सहानघ । ब्राह्मणैर्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगैश्च सहार्चितः ॥

viveśa śobhayā yuktaṃ bhrātṛbhiśca sahānagha | brāhmaṇairvedavedāṅgapāragaiśca sahārcitaḥ

entered that place full of beauty, sinless one, together with his brothers and, honoured, with the brahmins who had mastered the Vedas and the Vedangas.

Note on the text: Corrected रविवेश → विवेश (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; the critical edition reads viveśa).

Verse 43 (3.147.43)

तत्रापश्यत्स धर्मात्मा देवदेवर्षिपूजितम् । नरनारायणस्थानं भागीरथ्योपशोभितम् ॥

tatrāpaśyatsa dharmātmā devadevarṣipūjitam | naranārāyaṇasthānaṃ bhāgīrathyopaśobhitam

There the righteous one saw the seat of Nara and Narayana, worshipped by gods and divine sages and graced by the Bhagirathi.

Note on the text: Corrected देवदेवर्पिपूजितम् → देवदेवर्षिपूजितम् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads devadevarṣipūjitam).

Verse 44 (3.147.44)

तस्मिन्मधुस्रवफलां ब्रह्मर्षिगणभाविनीम् । वदरीं तामुपाश्रित्य पाण्डवो भ्रातृभिः सह ॥

tasminmadhusravaphalāṃ brahmarṣigaṇabhāvinīm | vadarīṃ tāmupāśritya pāṇḍavo bhrātṛbhiḥ saha

There, the son of Pandu and his brothers took shelter by that Badari tree, whose fruit drips honey and which is cherished by hosts of brahmin sages.

Note on the text: Corrected मधृस्रव → मधुस्रव (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads madhusrava-). Only the first line loosely matches the critical edition's 3.145.38ab (madhusravaphalāṃ divyāṃ maharṣigaṇasevitām); the rest differs.

Verse 45 (3.147.45)

मुदा युक्ता महात्मानो रेमिरे तत्र ते तदा । आलोकयन्तो मैनाकं नानाद्विजगणायुतम् । हिरण्यशिखरं चैव मध्ये विन्दुसरः शिवम् ॥

mudā yuktā mahātmāno remire tatra te tadā | ālokayanto mainākaṃ nānādvijagaṇāyutam | hiraṇyaśikharaṃ caiva madhye vindusaraḥ śivam

The great-souled ones lived there happily, filled with joy, gazing on Mainaka, thronged with many flocks of birds, on Hiranyashikhara, and on the auspicious Bindusaras lake in their midst,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.145.38d*0691); the other two lines match CE 3.145.39 (reading tac ca for मध्ये).

Verse 46 (3.147.46)

भागीरथीं सुतीर्थां च शीतामलजलां शिवाम् । मणिप्रवालप्रस्तारां पादपैरुपशोभिताम् ॥

bhāgīrathīṃ sutīrthāṃ ca śītāmalajalāṃ śivām | maṇipravālaprastārāṃ pādapairupaśobhitām

and the Bhagirathi too, with its fine bathing places and its cool, clear, auspicious water, its steps laid with gems and coral, and its banks adorned with trees,

Note on the text: Corrected पादपैरुषशोभिताम् → पादपैरुपशोभिताम् (misprint in Wikisource; ष for प; the critical edition reads pādapair upaśobhitām).

Verse 47 (3.147.47)

दिव्यपुष्पसमाकीर्णां मनःप्रीतिविवर्धनीम् । वीक्षमाणा महात्मानो विजह्रुस्तत्र पाण्डवाः ॥

divyapuṣpasamākīrṇāṃ manaḥprītivivardhanīm | vīkṣamāṇā mahātmāno vijahrustatra pāṇḍavāḥ

strewn with heavenly flowers and ever increasing the heart's delight. Beholding it, the great-souled Pandavas took their pleasure there.

Verse 48 (3.147.48)

तस्मिन्देवर्षिचरिते देशे परमदुर्गमे । भागीरथीपुण्यजले तर्पयांचक्रिरे पितॄन् । देवानृषींश्च कौन्तेयाः परमं शौचमास्थिताः ॥

tasmindevarṣicarite deśe paramadurgame | bhāgīrathīpuṇyajale tarpayāṃcakrire pitṝn | devānṛṣīṃśca kaunteyāḥ paramaṃ śaucamāsthitāḥ

In that place, frequented by divine sages and very hard to reach, the sons of Kunti, observing the strictest purity, offered libations in the holy waters of the Bhagirathi to the ancestors, the gods and the sages.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (भागीरथीपुण्यजलेतर्पयांचक्रिरे → भागीरथीपुण्यजले तर्पयांचक्रिरे). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.145.41d*0693 (its second line ending tarpayāṃ cakrire tadā).

Verse 49 (3.147.49)

तत्र ते तर्पयन्तश्च जपन्तश्च कुरूद्वहाः । ब्राह्मणैः सहिता वीरा ह्यवसन्पुरुषर्षभाः ॥

tatra te tarpayantaśca japantaśca kurūdvahāḥ | brāhmaṇaiḥ sahitā vīrā hyavasanpuruṣarṣabhāḥ

There the heroic leaders of the Kurus, bulls among men, lived with the brahmins, offering libations and murmuring their prayers.

Note on the text: Corrected पुरुपर्षभाः → पुरुषर्षभाः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads puruṣarṣabhāḥ). The second line matches the critical edition's 3.145.42cd; the first line differs (CE: tatra devān pitṝṃś caiva tarpayantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ).

Verse 50 (3.147.50)

कृष्णायास्तत्र पश्यन्तः क्रीडितान्यमरप्रभाः । विचित्राणि नरव्याघ्रा रेमिरे तत्र पाण्डवाः ॥

kṛṣṇāyāstatra paśyantaḥ krīḍitānyamaraprabhāḥ | vicitrāṇi naravyāghrā remire tatra pāṇḍavāḥ

Watching Krishna's many charming pastimes there, the Pandavas, tigers among men, radiant as immortals, were happy in that place.

Note on the text: Corrected पशय्न्तः → पश्यन्तः (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced conjunct; the critical edition reads paśyantaḥ) and restored a missing word space (तत्रपश्यन्तः → तत्र पश्यन्तः).